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Energy, Environment and the Sustainability of Economic Development in China

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  • Fang, Xingming
  • Hu, Xiaoping
  • Wang, H. Holly

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Whether the high economic growth of China is sustainable is the matter of interest to the public, government and academic circle of China and meanwhile it catches the attention of the world because the development of China has been exerting increasing impact on the world economy. Since the high economic growth of China has been promoted by heavy and chemical industry (HCI) to a great extent, which resulted in high consumption of energy resource, high consumption of mineral resources and high emission of pollutants (the “triple highness”), the sustainability of high economic growth of China depends on a sustainable growth road for China’s HCI and effective control on the “triple highness”. We find that the contributing factors of the “triple highness” are not the growth of HCI itself but the small scale and out dated technology. We conclude that the “triple highness” can be effectively controlled if some proper measures are adopted and the high growth of China can be sustainable.

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  • Fang, Xingming & Hu, Xiaoping & Wang, H. Holly, 2008. "Energy, Environment and the Sustainability of Economic Development in China," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6274, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea08:6274
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6274
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